XReparentWindow(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XReparentWindow(3)

NAME

XReparentWindow - reparent windows

SYNTAX

int XReparentWindow(Display *display, Window w, Window parent, int x,
int y);

ARGUMENTS

display Specifies the connection to the X server.

parent Specifies the parent window.

w Specifies the window.

x

y Specify the x and y coordinates of the position in the new
parent window.

DESCRIPTION

If the specified window is mapped, XReparentWindow automatically
performs an UnmapWindow request on it, removes it from its current
position in the hierarchy, and inserts it as the child of the
specified parent. The window is placed in the stacking order on top
with respect to sibling windows.

After reparenting the specified window, XReparentWindow causes the X
server to generate a ReparentNotify event. The override_redirect
member returned in this event is set to the window's corresponding
attribute. Window manager clients usually should ignore this window
if this member is set to True. Finally, if the specified window was
originally mapped, the X server automatically performs a MapWindow
request on it.

The X server performs normal exposure processing on formerly obscured
windows. The X server might not generate Expose events for regions
from the initial UnmapWindow request that are immediately obscured by
the final MapWindow request. A BadMatch error results if:

+o The new parent window is not on the same screen as the old
parent window.

+o The new parent window is the specified window or an inferior of
the specified window.

+o The new parent is InputOnly, and the window is not.

+o The specified window has a ParentRelative background, and the
new parent window is not the same depth as the specified window.

XReparentWindow can generate BadMatch and BadWindow errors.

DIAGNOSTICS

BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a defined
Window.

SEE ALSO

XChangeSaveSet(3)
Xlib - C Language X Interface

X Version 11 libX11 1.8.10 XReparentWindow(3)